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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2013

Filed:

Jan. 08, 2004
Applicants:

Stephen S. Francis, Saratoga, CA (US);

Johannes Schmidt, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);

David Daney, San Jose, CA (US);

Kevin Shen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Inventors:

Stephen S. Francis, Saratoga, CA (US);

Johannes Schmidt, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);

David Daney, San Jose, CA (US);

Kevin Shen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/18 (2006.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Systems and techniques for sharing the capabilities of consumer electronic devices. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a task involving audio/video content from a user, identifying which device in an interconnected system of devices is operable to initiate the performance of the task, and assigning responsibility for the performance of the task to the identified device. The interconnected system includes two or more devices at remote locations.


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